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Flames tear through NYC apt., leaving 3 injured, including two Bravest

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Flames tear through NYC apt., leaving 3 injured, including two Bravest

Fire raged through a NYCHA apartment in Manhattan on Sunday morning, leaving two firefighters hurt and a civilian severely injured, authorities said. 

Bravest and EMS responded to a 911 call at around 11:11 a.m. for a blaze on the eighth floor of a building at Stanley M. Isaacs Houses in Yorkville, authorities said. 

A firefighter extends a tool from a ladder into a smoking apartment window.
A raging fire at a Manhattan NYCHA apartment injured two firefighters and one civilian. Loudlabs

Pictures of the fire show clouds of black smoke billowing out of a window.

About 120 firefighters and EMS workers swarmed the scene, where it took smoke-eaters a half-hour to extinguish the blaze, authorities said.  

Two of the firefighters suffered minor injuries, while the civilian was more seriously hurt, according to the FDNY. 

Firefighters carrying hoses on a city street with fire trucks in the background.
The blaze erupted on the eighth floor of Stanley M. Isaacs Houses in Yorkville. Loudlabs

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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